Breaking Down Fly Fishing Streamers

If you are looking to If you are looking to catch large, trophy Trout, Bass, Northern Pike, or Muskie on a fly rod, you need to fish streamers! Streamers are the largest flies in the shop and imitate large food species in the water such as young trout, minnows, leeches, crayfish, and panfish. Streamers are tied in a number of styles and with many different materials but share in common the excess fur and feathers that “Stream” and swim behind the hook when they are retrieved through the water. In this video we break down the different types of streamers you will find in the shop, the key materials used to tie each, and then show you how each type of streamer moves and swims through the water using our flow tank.

If you would like to add some streamers to your fly box and fishing arsenal, you can stock up from Ascent Fly Fishing at: https://ascentflyfishing.com/streamers/

If you would like to learn more about identifying streamer fly patterns and how best to organize them in your fly box, check out River Oracle's film titles "Creating Order in Your Fly Box" available for streaming at: https://watch.riveroracle.com